Pawan Shankar as Sanjay Apte in Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Sa Aasman
Produced by : Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms & Smriti Irani's Ugraya Entertainment
Directed by : Santram Verma
Sanjay Apte played by Pawan Shankar, a ferocious trade union leader and a son of old mill worker, who doesn't want the mill to be shut. Set in the heart of Mumbai in a middle class "Chawl", it is mostly occupied by the mill workers, who are out of job; a story full of hardships and tribulations of a common man's everyday life. He is looked up as a source of constant inspiration and driving force for the chawl people, who draw their strength and reason to live from his indomitable fighting spirit!